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Originally Posted by JoelK
I'm just looking for a good value with increased dry/wet performance and won't get too bad when it gets cold at night or at high elevation in Colorado. I'm thinking about running them Jun-Oct.
Any suggestions? It seems difficult to find out what the cold (non-snow) performance of a summer tire is. If a tire can't provide reasonable performance at 30-50F, that's going to force me to run the winter tires much more than I want to.
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What you are describing for your "summer" tire probably still falls into the All-Season category. If you get spring, summer, fall rain in any significant amount, and maybe even a little slush, a performance all season is probably a good choice. And actually in some cases, the all seasons outperform the "summer" tires.
In pure bang for your buck on the low price end, the Sumitomo HTR+ can't be beat. I have had them on 2 cars now, and Debbie had them on her WRX. Good performance wet. dry, cold, hot, and wear quite well.
The Pirelli P7000 is about $20 more a tire, and is a slightly better performer, probably because it has a softer compound that wears slightly faster but I have no first hand experience with it.
You can spend a lot more than these tires, but you won't get significant increases in perfomance in the areas you are describing IMHO.